Whats lowest grade you's accept on a sig series book?

[Ares]

Everyone has standards they would accept on an unsigned book but what about a Sig series book?

 

I know most people would accept a lower grade on a book with a book but do you have a limit?

 

Golden Age?

Silver Age?

Bronze Age?

Copper Age?

Modern Age?

[SignatureSelect]

4.0 is the absolute lowest for any reason. I try to stay at 9.0 and above but sometimes an 8.5 is OK. and certain books would be OK at 4

[aardvark88]

I can't even understand the mentality of a collector that would submit a vf GA or nm SA or nm BA comic for Signature Series. Most hi-grade collectors don't want any marks/date/store stamps on their front covers -- now will they accept a signature scrawled over their front covers in black or silver Sharpie?

 

For GA Signature Series, I accept vg or lower -- even down to coverless.

[rob_allan]

This is a good question, and I suspect as we're already seeing, you're going to get a wide range of answers.

 

For me, the answer is-- the highest grade I can get. I just submitted an X-Men 58 that's in 8.0/8.5 territory. It has nice eye appeal. And it's going to have 3 sigs making it one of the favorites in my collection.

 

By the same token, I'm going to get some low grade keys done shortly as well. I'll not be, at least not in the next 10 years, owning a VF or NM copy of Daredevil 1, Fantastic Four 48, etc. I do, however, own a 2.5 DD1 that looks like a 4.5 from the cover and a 4.0 Fantastic Four 48 that displays well. I'm planning to get them both signed. They'll be unique and I'll love them more than I already do.

 

So, I guess the short answer is that for me it's really a monetary question. Whatever the highest grade I can afford is the grade I want. That said, if I could afford NM copies of the major keys, I would not hesitate to get them signed and slabbed. For me, the signatures make them more valuable. I think the argument that signatures devalue the books is silly. Because if I did buy them off the newstand in the 60s, and I'd had the opportunity to get the autographed back then, I would have. So what, from my p-o-v, is the difference?

 

Oy-- I'm starting to get the SS bug bad. These really are the most unique books on the market, and you can do darn near anything you want within your collection with them.

[s-man]

It depends on the sig...if its a Stan Lee for instance, any grade all the way down to .5 on any book would be cool. But if its an easier to get sig where I know the signer attends just about every major Con, than Id seek the highest grade.

[Darrell F]

Silver Age? 7.5

Bronze Age? 9.0

Copper Age? 9.2

Modern Age? 9.6

 

I had a copy of this book signed by Wolfman at Dragon Con and it came back a 9.2. The only option in my mind was give it to my friend sine he doesn't care about the grade. Sometimes I hate these boards for turning me into a high grade snob.

 

[Darrell F]

I can't even understand the mentality of a collector that would submit a vf GA or nm SA or nm BA comic for Signature Series.

 

 

 

[Ares]

So would it be worth it to get Neal Adams to Sig this book

[s-man]

So would it be worth it to get Neal Adams to Sig this book

 

It would make a cool SS book!

[Ares]

I'm figuring its about a 7.0 or so

[s-man]

I'm figuring its about a 7.0 or so

 

looks higher...any major defects?

[Ares]

Off White Pages

Slight Spine Breaks all up spine

Back cover can be seen here

http://boards.collectors-society.com/attachments//1631460-GreenLantern77bc_2.jpg

[JJBEE2001]

You guys are a lot more picky than me. My lowest graded SS book is a 2.0 copy of ASM #1 signed by Stan Lee. It really isn't a bad looking book at all (I've seen books at 3.0 or even 3.5 that looked worse) & I'm happy to have it.

[Pirate]

8.5 or higher on moderns, no min on other ages for me.

[nik]

Anything under 9.4 is a waste

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[THE_BEYONDER]

You guys are a lot more picky than me. My lowest graded SS book is a 2.0 copy of ASM #1 signed by Stan Lee. It really isn't a bad looking book at all (I've seen books at 3.0 or even 3.5 that looked worse) & I'm happy to have it.

 

Take away the water damage on that book, and it's VF. Spine is....

[JJBEE2001]

I knew you'd find your way into this.

 

I totally agree - it looks much nicer than a 2.0 (so does that 5.0 Hulk). You have to look close to see the water wrinkles.

[Silvers24]

Idk. If it's a book of my own and I wanted to get a sig, and ment to keep it. idc the grade.

Now if it was ment to be sold. , i'd have to figure that one out.

[THE_BEYONDER]

My favourite SS book is an 8.5 Copper age book. It's my fave....because it's the copy I bought off the newsstand when it came out.

 

13 years old....and coming back to ASM for the 1st time since 231.

[Silvers24]

Again, nice book chris